Mom CAS

Hello everyone!  Where did this week go?  I know it flew for me because I spent most of my week in TN helping out my daughter with the kids so she could work.  She works evenings and her hubby was away so Grandma to the rescue! LOL!  Like it was a big problem for me???? We had a blast and I just thank God every day that we live only a couple hours away now so we can get together more!!!

Anyway.... because I was away, I am running like mad to catch up since I got home late this afternoon!  I wanted to share a sneak peek with your of a new release coming on April 1 at Our Daily Bread designs.  This image is from the set Happy Mother's Day, and the sentiment is from another set called Mom.  Both sets are beautiful and so versatile.  They include those hard to find words like Daughter, Grandma, and more... Stay tuned for more sneaks soon!

 I made it for this week's Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge, to make a Clean and Simple card.  For me, THAT is a challenge!!!  I loved the verse the challenge was based on....
 
Ps. 51:7-10 "Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.  Let me hear joy and gladness, let the bones you have crushed rejoice.  Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.  Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me."

A wonderful prayer to pray daily, wouldn't you agree?

This also qualifies for the following challenges:

Creative Cottage- Sparkle (Embossing and sparkle on Butterfly)
Frosted Designs - Vellum (Butterfly)
Paper Garden - Spring and  embossing
Crazy 4 Challenges - Spring
Challenge Up Your Life - Spring Flowers
Jacksonbelle - Spring
Fab N Funky - Favorite technique- heat embossing
Incy Wincy- Easter or Spring
Allsorts - Spring is in The Air
Secret Crafter - Spring has Sprung
Bee Crafty - Spring
Flutter by Wednesdays- butterfly, fairy or angel-OPEN

Here is my CAS card's recipe:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs Happy Mothers Day and Mom
CS: Papertrey Vintage Cream, Bazzill Caramel
Designer Papers: BasicGrey Porcelain, Brushed Gold - the Paper Co
Technique: Heat Embossed with Ranger Super Fine detail Gold Embossing Powder, Watercolored, Stipled cream layer with Rose and then Old Olive around the outter side of the wreath.
Accessories:  MS Shell Corner Punch, Gold Half Pearls, Butterfly from Bridal dept. at Michaels

 

The Season for Singing has come!

Hello everyone!  I hope you are having a wonderful week! I have been so busy this week, but it's all good!  We are finishing off our basement, and we got to the carpet installation yesterday!  Whoo Hoo!!!  Now to build a desk and I will become a basement stamper!!! Vicky... here I come! LOL!

Today I'm giving you a sneak peek at two new sets coming out at Our Daily Bread designs Mar.1.  This image is from the set called Happy Easter and it is filled with wonderful Easter sentiments and Scriptures.  On the inside I used a Scripture from the set The Lord has Risen.  I used that because I made this card for several different challenges, including the Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge this week, which was based on Esther 4:4, and the challenge was to show the passage of time in some way.  I also used the Midnight Madness Sketch 42.  I tweaked it a bit in that I made my main panel an oval but this Daffodil just says oval to me!

Card Details:

Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs March release: Happy Easter, The Lord has Risen

Ink: Memento, Certainly Celery

Paper: DP- Lasting Impressions, Making Memories, Bazzill, GP

Accessories:  Copics, Air Brush, Spellbinders Classic Ovals and Scalloped Ovals, SB Fancy Tags, Sewing Machine, Stickles, Ribbon, ZVA Creative Pearls

I am also entering this in the following challenges:

Gingersnap: 3 Colors I love

Crafty Creations - Stitching

Fussy & Fancy - Dazzle Us (Stickles which don't show in the photo :(  and Pearl Bling)

Corrosive - Stitch it up

Incy Wincy - Add Texture (embossed ovals, scalloped ovals and fancy tags)

Practical Scrappers- Stamp

Sophistacates - Embossing

Stamp Something - A touch of spring

Pink Elephant - Add ribbon

One Stitch at a Time - sewing

A Spoonful of Sugar - Spring is in the air
Totally Gorgeous - Flower power

My Time to Craft Challenge - In the Frame
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Use a flower

Be sure to check in at the Our Daily Bread designs blog on Monday, Mar 1 for our New Release Blog Hop and yes... there will be prizes!!!

Also I want to let you know that March 17 this Our Daily Bread designs Second Anniversary, and we are throwing a party!!!  Beginning on Sat. March 13.... check out the ODBD Blog every day for our challenges, all with great prizes, and then on the 17th our Blog Hop to reveal the Anniversary Sets being released  that day!  You do not want to miss these sets!  There's plenty of prizes, give aways and candy... so visit each of the DT blogs each day and you won't be sorry!!!

Thank you for stopping by and may your day be blessed!

Let the Children Come to Me....

 

  

Hello everyone!  Where has this week gone to?  I wanted to play in this week's Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge and so I had to put a move on this afternoon!  I made this easel card for this week's challenge, which was based on Matt. 18:4 " Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."  The challenge was to use an image of a child or a sentiment about children, not a baby card.  Well, Our Daily Bread designs has the perfect set for this challenge... it's called Children of God.  It has several Scrpitures and sentiments that would be perfect.  I chose this one from Matt. 18:6.  I stamped the sentiment with Our Daily Bread designs Steel Blue Ink and cut with a Spellbinder's Label 4 die cut.  While in the die I spritzed it with the airbrush, using Copic # B21.  The image is a Penny Black large stamp that I stamped with Archival on Watercolor paper and watercolored with markers.  I then masked the image and spritzed the bg with B21, B24, and N2.   For the grass I used G20 and G24.  I then dotted tiny dots with my SU! Markers, Old Olive and Pretty in Pink.

The papers are:  Base - Bazzill, Pink - Martha Stewart, DP - BasicGrey Sugar Rush.

Accessories: May Arts Ribbon, Fiskars corner hearts punches, Sewing Machine, ZVA Creative Pearl Flourishes, Stickles for flower centers.  I used the Bow Easy to make this bow... so fun!  

Thanks for looking!  This is my second post for the day so two big thank yous if you looked at both... but I was running out of time for the SSC!  Why not play along?  A new challenge is issued every Sunday!  I am also entering this in Practical Scrappers Challenge to use die cuts.  I used the SB label 4.  I am also entering it in Vicki's Saturday Spotlight Challenge, think little, tiny!  My verse says... let the Little children come....I hope that qualifies! :)

A sneak peek at our nest

Hello everyone!  I hope you are having a fantastic week!  I am super excited to be giving you an early sneak peek at one of the FOUR new sets being released Feb 1 by Our Daily Bread designs!  This set is called "Nest" and I just love it!  It has great sentiments that would be perfect for a house warming, welcome to your new home, or just every day occasions from our nest to yours!  The image is fun and easy to color!  I stamped mine with Memento Ink and colored with Copic markers. I added a little Flower Soft around the edges of the nest and colored the light green color a little darker with a Copic Marker.

I made the card for the Stamping Sister's in Christ Challenge22 this week which was to focus on the home... whether it be make a welcome to your new home card or decor for the home... it was based on Joshua 24:15 "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord".  Amen to that!  If more families did just that... we would not be seeing so many of the problems we are seeing today!  I want to thank this week's Stampin Sisters in Christ  hostess, Candace Mitchell for bringing us this great Scripture and challenge.

Come back soon to see more sneak peeks and do visit all the DT listed in my side bar to see what they've been working on!   We will be doing our monthly RELEASE BLOG HOP on Feb 1 so be sure to come back then!!!

Card Recipe:

Stamp Set: Our Daily Bread designs "Nest" available Feb. 1

DP: My Mind's Eye

CS: Bazzill

Accessories:  Spellbinders Lattice Pendant, Fancy Tags, Double Ended Tags, Flower Soft, Ribbon from Stash, Punch, MS Twine, Charm from Lost & Found by Blue Moon Beads

Now for our BIG NEWS at Our Daily Bread Designs!

Introducing...the new Challenge Team for Our Daily Bread designs!!!

Wow, so many new and exciting changes have been happening with Our Daily Bread designs!!! ODBD has recently become a Member Company over at Splitcoast....have you checked out the ODBD forums yet? All of our current challenges are posted there, plus product reviews, chit-chat, and there is a section for Prayer Requests! We are honored to pray for you and your loved ones!

And now, we are excited to announce our new ODBD Challenge Team!!!

Chris Olsen - Challenge Team Coordinator

Patter Cross

Natalie Dever

Fran Gumprecht

Sabrina Jackson

America Kuhn

Christine Okken

Today is a "Meet the Challenge Team" blog hop/scavenger hunt....what a fun way to start things off!! Make sure and check out the ODBD blog for all of the details!! The fun begins at 8 am today and you have until Jan 28th to complete the hop. One lucky participant will win ODBD's very first set, "The Light of the World"!

 

Happy Hopping... and thanks for stopping by today!!!  Have a blessed weekend!

A single layer of snowflakes

Hello everyone!  Happy Friday!  I hope your weekend will be wonderful!

I made this card for today's limited supply challenge on SCS, which was to only use white cs, no designer paper, only white or clear embellishments, and only one color of ink, plus limit the layers.  I combined it with this week's Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge, which was to use a gift on our card.  Well.... my "gift" is the sentiment. Truly this is the greatest gift of all... the gift of God's Son, which we celebrate on Dec. 25th but  rejoice over  all year long, because truly the gift is indescribable!  When I think that the Creator of the Universe loved us so much that He sent His Son... perfect and sinless to pay the price for our sin so that we could be reconciled to Him and live in relationship with Him, and eventually spend eternity with Him in heaven, I am truly awestruck!

I used two Newly Released Our Daily Bread designs sets: "Peace and Joy" for the big snowflake image and "His Gift" for the sentiment.  I have wanted to make a window card with this image since I saw it, so today with my limited layers was the day!  I placed the largest die cut snowflake from Spellbinder's Create A Flake where I wanted my window and ran it through the Big Shot.  I embossed the large snowflake and centered on the inside of the card right behind and lined up with the die cut opening.  When the card is closed, the stamped image actually fits well in the cut out.  I embossed the sentiment and tucked it in to the snowflake cut out.  It is removable as a bookmark or even a verse to put on your frig.

 

I used many die cut snowflakes that I glittered with Dazzling Diamonds for the front, sponged the matting for the inside snowflake with Brilliance Silver and added a snowflake ribbon by Make it Christmas.

On the inside I have my embossed snowflake which I edged with Silver Brilliance Ink, and then I matted that on a white square I had sponged with the same ink to give a little definition.

 

How about that!!! I made a card that really is ONE single Layer!!! I need to mark this date! LOL!  Most of you know I'm not comfortable without several layers, but this has it's own charm.

Thanks for looking and have a blessed weekend!

Now through a shadow but then face to face... SSIC

Hello everyone and happy Monday!

I made this card for the Stampin Sisters in Christ weekly challenge.  This week our hostess is the talented and sweet PeggySue.  The Scripture she directed us to is:

1 Cor. 13:12 "For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."

What an incredible thought!!! God knows us completely right now, He created us and knows the very number of hairs on our head!  While we're here in our earthly bodies we only see things in part... not clearly and often we don't understand at all.  But when we enter heaven's gates, we will see our Savior face to face, and we will know and understand things fully as He does now!

PeggySue's challenge for us was to make a shadowbox card, with the thought that one day... there will be no more shadows, all will be seen clearly.  Great tutorial and great devotional thoughts!

I used two Our Daily Bread designs sets: Angel and Luke 2:11 (new Nov. release).  I followed the tutorial on SCS to make my card base out of S.E.I. WinterSong designer paper.  I stamped my images and sentiment on Papertrey Vanilla with VersaMark and heat embossed with Super Fine Detail EP by Ranger.  I used a Spellbinder's Label #6 and cut out my front hole and the sentiment panel for the back, then I ran a gold paint pen around the border of the sentiment panel.  I colored the angel with Prisma Pencils and ODMS, then painted Shimmerz Gold BLINGZ on the wings and also on the poinsettia from Luke 2:11.  I cut them out and adhered to the card front.  I punched the holly borders with my Martha Stewart punch using gold vellum and attached that to the outter borders.  I used an Ornare template to pierce a few doodles and flowers. A few blue half pearls from Hero Arts and done.  This card is 5 1/2" square instead of the A2 size in the tutorial.  It folds flat and fits in my square envelopes.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I so appreciate knowing you were here! God bless your week!

Ever Present Help

I made this card for the Stampin Sister's in Christ Challenge this week and I used the Mojo 111 sketch. The Scripture for this week was Deuteronomy 31:8 "The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.  Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

Pamela Young's challenge was to create something about when God is "unseen"; that reminds us that God is always with us; a card to encourage a friend and remind them that God is with them; or perhaps something to hang on your wall as a reminder.

I chose this wonderful set from Our Daily Bread designs, Keep My Lamp Burning.  It is a go to set for me, especially when I need a more masculine card.  I also find that I love to use K&CO Blue Awning designer paper with this set!  Today I paired it with a caramel textured card stock and a creamy textured cs, both from my stash.  I stamped the image and sentiment with Archival Ink and sponged with Creamy Caramel.  I rolled the sentiment panel up like a map or scroll, added some hemp and a little brass anchor charm along with a few brass brads.  The image is popped up on dimensionals.  Simple and quick but I like how it came out.

I hope you have a blessed weekend!  I have family coming in today through Wed. so I'm looking forward to that, and may not have much to post for a few days.  Thank you as always for stopping by and for taking the time to let me know you've been here!

Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge - Thank You!

Hello everyone!  This week's Stampin Sister's in Christ Challenge was based on 1 Chronicles 16:34 "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever".  What a great verse to hold on to!  For our challenge we were to create a card that expressed thankfulness for someone or something they have done, or that encourages someone to be thankful.  Well... I am behind on making Pastor Appreciation cards for Oct. October is Pastor Appreciation Month and Oct is almost over!!!   This should complete the number I needed so I made this for our Senior Pastor.  He has such a heart for the Lord and gives of himself sincerely day after day and I wanted to thank him for all that he does. My expressions of thanks will be written on the inside in the form of a personal note.

I used the sketch from this week's challenge on SCS which I had not gotten to try yet.  I also used some fantastic new designer papers from Our Daily Bread designs that Kelley sent us this month with our stamps.  This paper is by S.e.i. and is called Moravia.  There is a copper foil in it that just glistens in the light.... of course, it's again dark and gloomy out so my inside shots never show that quite as well.  But you get the idea.The card base is Not Quite Navy and the copper is Prisma Metallic, also from Our Daily Bread designs.

The cross image is from Our Daily Bread designs called The Cross of Christ.  I embossed it with Copper embossing powder by Ranger.  I pulled out a tool I haven't used in forever... my spritzer... I can't even remember if that's the exact name for it! LOL!  I spritzed my Very Vanilla layers with some Creamy Caramel and Chocolate Chip, then sponged with T Holtz Distress Ink.  The sentiment is My Sentiments Exactly which fit perfectly in this Spellbinders Label Trio.  I used Spellbinders Label #5 for the main panel, SB Lattce Pendant element for the copper decor around the image, Sizzix corner die cuts and an EK Success edge punch using the negative parts for my blue scrolly decor.  I used copper brads and that's all the decor... I wanted to keep it masculine and fairly clean.  I hope he will like it.

Check out the Stamping Sister's in Christ Weekly Challenge! A new one is given every Sunday and there are great prizes up for grabs!

Before you go... let me remind you to come back on Sunday, Nov 1  for the Our Daily Bread designs November Release Blog Hop!  Start at the NEW ODBD Blog for a complete list of Design Team participants, then hop along, commenting on each blog and collecting their secret word/words.  Those who complete that simple requirement and return to the ODBD blog to tell us they have done so will be given an email address to write to me with the secret words and the names of the girls who had them.  One very Blessed winner will receive the ENTIRE new release!  You will have until 8PM EST on Tues. Nov. 3 to complete the hop, and email me at the special email address on the ODBD blog.  Do not email me from my own blog... it will get lost and not be in the drawing. 

Also... check out the ODBD DT Challenge beginning Nov. 1!  Our challenge will help you get your Christmas cards made and give you a chance to win a fabulous prize besides... so check back for that as well!

Have a blessed weekend and see you Sunday!

A Little Baby Onsie All in White

Hello everyone!
I made this little Onsie for two challenges.... the Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge which was to make a card based on Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you..." (NIV)

The challenge was to make a baby card or project, or a card for an expectant mother (or expectant parents)...perhaps even try your hand at a shaped card.

Well.... you didn't have to ask me twice on that last point!

The other challenge I made this card for is one that a group of friends do each week over on SCS. This week we were to make an all white card. The ribbon, embellishments... everything had to be white. We could use black or gold for a sentiment. As soon as I saw that challenge I thought of a Baby Onsie... so combining the two challenges was a natural.

I thought I had a template for these onsies but I could not find it so I made this one myself on scrap paper. I cut my card stock for a standard A2 card with a top fold. I used my 1 1/2" circle punch for the neck and legs, just lining them up with my template for placement, then I traced the sleeves and sides and hand cut. I ran the whole card through my Big Shot with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dot Embossing Folder. Next time I would do the front and back seperately but I didn't do that so I have the elevated dots on the front and on the inside where my sentiment goes. I added white ribbon, little white K& Co Adhesive Paper Ribbon around the neckline, sleeves and legs. I stitched a seam on the bottom and added brads for snaps. Across the chest I cut three of the little patterns out of my ribbon and adhered them to the ribbon, then punched holes in the centers and added tiny button brads. I backed the whole front on the inside with a lining to cover the brad backs. On the inside I have a sentiment that simply says Baby in various patterns. When I actually need the card I will personalize it more.

Masking out to make a Winter Scene

Hello everyone!  I hope your week is going well!

I was excited to get to play along on the SCS sketch challenge today.  I have had this idea in my head for a while and today was the day I got to try it!  This image is from the Newly Released Our Daily Bread designs set "With Deepest Sympathy".  If you look just 2 posts below you will see the image the way it comes.  There are cat tails in the foreground and a row boat on the opposite shore.  I wanted to make a wintry scene and see if I could make this a Christmas card, so I taped over those elements when I inked my stamp, then removed them and this is what I got.  This is also for the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge.... to show nature praising and bringing glory to God!

My image is actually stamped on some glossy paper from the office supply store.  I have used it to water color before so I knew it could be done.  It does require a slightly different technique, in that you don't use as much water and only barely wet your paper first.  You pretty much work in small areas and get it down how you like it before moving on because the paint does not move around as much as it does on water color paper.  That said, I knew I could water color on it and not ruin it at all, so I used my SU! Markers and painted on a variety of blues for an icy effect.  The glossy paper really makes the scene shine.  I mixed a little dazzling diamonds in with Polar White Flower Soft and added that to my trees, banks and a few piles of snow on the dock.  I used my Spell Binders Label 4 to cut the image panel out.  You will be able to see the sparkle and the flower soft if you click the image to enlarge it.

The sketch was from SCS and I did tweak it just a tad.  I used Bazzill as my base, then a layer of glossy cs run through with the snowflake Cuttlebug embossing folder.  I used my Martha Stewart punch to punche the white strip on both sides and then I spritzed all the white layers with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Pearl.  Love that stuff!!!  The blue textured layer is ProvoCraft, also gorgeous!

The ribbon is May Arts and the snowflakes are punched and popped up on dimensionals in a double arrangement.

I hope you like my slightly different take on this stamp.  I just wanted to show the versatility of these images!  Thanks for stopping by!  It means so much to me!

This scene makes me think of Ps. 96:12..."Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord".  Having lived in Maine for many years... I can tell you that there is nothing much more beautiful that those gorgeous Hemlocks ladened with crisp pure  white snow!  Heaven and Nature certainly do sing of His glorious works!

Have a wonderful rest of the week!  God bless!

Grace

Praying for You... Stamping Sisters in Christ

Happy Sunday everyone!

I made this card for today's Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS and for the Stamping Sisters in Christ Challenge... to make a Thinking of You or Praying for You card. I chose a gorgeous all white card by Nancy to case. You can't improve on perfection, and hers was there... so making three changes was difficult, but here is what I did:

I stamped my sentiment in Archival Sepia Ink onto Very Vanilla CS. The sentiment is from the soon to be released Our Daily Bread Designs set "Praying for You". I then stamped the dragonfly from a coordinating set, With Heartfelt Sympathy... and I stamped off once, then lightly stamped it onto my main panel. Then I cut all my pieces for the sketch and ran then through the CB with my new CB embossing/ die combo "Ornamental Iron". Love it!!! Then I sponged with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tea Dyed, to give an antiqued look. I sprayed everything with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Bronze. Love Glimmer Mist!!! I had more trouble getting a good photo of this... the sun is only peeking out now and then today and I tried to catch the moment but I still don't think you can really see the sparkle.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you are having a blessed Sunday!